Popular Documentary Movies - Page 250
When The Smoke Clears
2024
Lisa is a retired firefighter and police officer in California. Years of isolation have led to a dwindling sense of purpose and joy in her life. Mike is a former battalion chief in California who suffers from severe sleep deprivation and has difficulty managing his anger. He is in search of an alternate therapy to get a sense of relief and improve his relationship with his family. After a lack of success with traditional psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals, they will attend a Mexico-based retreat to undergo psilocybin and 5-MeO DMT treatments administered by traditional healers.Flesh And Bronze
2023
Flesh And Bronze
2023
star 5.8A documentary that traces half a century of history telling the two mysterious warriors who emerged from the sea of Riace in 1972, after two thousand years spent underwater. Interviews and unpublished documents, direct testimonies and the story of a present in turmoil are the heart of this journey.The Making of the Beatles First U.S. Visit
2004
A documentary about the making of the film "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit"Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003
star 8A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Stephen Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can."Karaoke Paradise
2022
Karaoke Paradise
2022
star 6.6Evi, Finland’s most experienced karaoke hostess, wants to hug her customers’ pain away. With thousands of bars and kilometres behind her, yet again she packs her equipment and travels through the northern landscapes of Finland. Toni, the shyest guy in the world, catches everyone’s eye on the stage. Kari is searching for love and sings in his empty karaoke car repair shop. Elina can hardly walk because of Parkinson’s, but punk songs make her dance. Laura sings because talking is too painful. Karaoke Paradise is a story of how the Finns have found a unique way out of loneliness.Shadow Billionaire
2009
Shadow Billionaire
2009
star 6.6DHL Founder and billionaire Larry Hillblom seemed to have vanished into thin air when he failed to return from a routine flight in his vintage Seabee over the Pacific. After his disappearance, a dark side of Larry emerged. Even before he was officially declared dead, bar girls throughout Southeast Asia came forward claiming to have had children by Larry and seeking a piece of his vast fortune. BILLIONAIRE unravels the secretive and scandalous life of this enigmatic and reclusive tycoon. The battle over his estate took on epic proportions, pitting impoverished, teenage prostitutes against Larry's former business associates and several of the largest law firms in the world. In the end it is a David and Goliath story, as a surprising hero emerges to untangle the web and discover the startling truth.Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
2004
The highs and lows in the life of WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero are explored.Mr. Saturday Night
2021
Mr. Saturday Night
2021
star 6.7The untold story of Robert Stigwood, the impresario behind “Saturday Night Fever” and its record-breaking disco soundtrack.Basque Selfie
2018
Basque Selfie
2018
Agus Barandiaran, ambassador of traditional Basque music and dance all over the world, is confronted with the worst thing that can happen to a Basque person: the demolition of his 1540 baserri (family farmhouse) to make way for a new road. Agus must fight the circumstances to try and protect his roots, because in the Basque culture "etxea" means much more than four walls. Basque Selfie is a sad but edifying story articulated around tradition, the tradition of keeping the signs of one’s own identity alive.Hamilton's America
2016
Hamilton's America
2016
star 6.6This documentary delves deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda's process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton's epic story into ground-breaking musical theater.¡Vivan las Antipodas!
2011
star 7.2What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are antipodes: they are located diametrically opposite to each other on the earth's surface. During his visits to four such antipodal pairs, the award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky captured images that turn our view of the world upside down.True Bond
2007
True Bond
2007
star 4TV documentary that explores Dusko Popov, the man who was rumored to be the inspiration behind Ian Fleming’s James Bond character.The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996
star 7Oscar nominated "Making of" documentary about Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.Truth & Memory
2019
Truth & Memory
2019
A documentary which depicts Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers at their most personal, featuring unseen footage shot during the band's 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours' campaign and tour.Señora Gloria
2018
Señora Gloria
2018
While working in a circus in Paris, Victor receives a call from Chile: his mother Gloria is sick and has a few months to live. Victor decides to return to Chile to accompany her and take care of her. Seeing his mother struggling to extend his life, he decides to reconstruct their memories and experiences together, recording everything in a movie while the imminence of death is around them.To the Offspring
2004
To the Offspring
2004
The tragic life of five Warsaw poets who died during the World War II: Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Tadeusz Gajcy, Zdzisław Stroiński, Andrzej Trzebiński and Wacław Bojarski.Meet the Pickles: The Making of "Win or Lose"
2025
star 6.8Discover how Pixar brought its first long-form original series to life. This behind-the-scenes documentary introduces the scrappy filmmaking team that drew from personal experiences to create this ambitious and stylistically unique series that follows a middle-school softball team, the Pickles, in the week leading up to the big championship game.And The Beat Goes On...Ibiza
2009
Actor Jimi Mistry has worked with Gurinder Chadha, Roland Emmerich, Edward Zwick and Guy Ritchie, rejecting the Hollywood lifestyle to remain based in the UK. Now he has teamed up with director Steve Jaggi and filmed a love song to Ibiza called And The Beat Goes On. Well-received at both the Ibiza International Music Summit and the Ibiza Film Festival last month.Faces of Death
1978
Faces of Death
1978
star 4.5A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies. The common factor is death by some means.And the Winner Isn't
2017
And the Winner Isn't
2017
star 5.7A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry insiders in their bid to find out what it takes to become an Academy Award winner.
